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We must indeed all hang together or most assuredly we shall all hang separately This quote from Benjamin Franklin after signing the Declaration of Independence was important to the success of the nation He believed that everyone needed to help with the war if they were going to be successful The American Revolution was the war that made this country the land of the free and home of the brave The colonists with little manpower on their own were able to detach from the mighty British Empire These colonists were driven however they wanted to create their own ideas about how someone could achieve power status and moneyPower in the new country would be more about the people rather than the decisions of a single person The early Americans were leaning more towards a democratic society hoping to leave behind their pasts under a monarchy They felt that if the government wasnt helping the people it should be changed or abolished to better suit the needs of the people The colonists were able to rebel against the British power by boycotting their goods and protesting the taxes Primogeniture was to be abolished anyone in this new America could earn money if they worked hard They felt that it was unfair for only the first born son to receive the inheritanceHow one achieved status was also important to the Americans as well as what rights a citizen had The same idea as with power primogeniture would not be the only way that one could hold a position with status Benjamin Franklin proved that he could rise from the 10th son of a candle maker to an important person with money and a big political influence on his own In the new society anyone could gain higher status if they worked for it as well as deserved it When the Declaration of Independence was written is was important to include the rights of all US Citizens at

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